qualitative or quantitative research methods

What type of questions would you ask if granted money for a research project? Why would you use qualitative or quantitative research methods?

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This really depends on the project, and you could ask questions that cover both. For example, if you are doing a study on economic development in small communities, you could do one of two things or both. Qualitatively, you could look at case study examples, perform site visits and interviews, collect your information and analyze it in a qualitative software package, such as NVivo. This allows you to code the interviews with different themes, such as "youth engagement" or "entrepreneurs." Then, you can print out all of the reports according to theme and write a ...

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Sample questions for qualitative or quantitative research methods are included.